2016 Sunday Services

June

Eugene Kennedy in his book "The Joy of Being Human" says "Joy stands at the entrance to everything that is ordinary." UUCQC Religious Services Team leader John DeGreve invites you to embrace Joy! Joy is what makes life beautiful. It is what gets us through challenges and allows us to shine. Joy heals our wounds, inspires us to greatness and fills us with goodness.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles​June 19, 2016

As Rev. Jay Wolin prepared to travel to Columbus, Ohio, for General Assembly, he was left thinking about all the travelling done in his life. Some of those journeys were physical and others were spiritual. Wolin explores how the physical journey affects the spiritual journey.​

People of Simplicity​June 12, 2016

How can we simplify our lives? Rev. Jay Wolin starts by keeping this description simple!

May

April

March

Encountering Grief​May 29, 2016

Recently, Rev. Jay Wolin heard Roshi Joan Halifax say, "May I accept my sadness knowing I am not my sadness." This Memorial Day weekend we will recognize the losses we have had in our lives. We will explore how grief is a natural part of life and part of the process of healing.

Creation​​April 10, 2016

​​We often think of creativity as the imaginings of one person alone. Creativity can also come from a group of people working collaboratively toward a common goal. How do we balance individual creativity and institutionalism?

With March 14 being International Pi Day (3.14) we are going to explore they symbolism of the circle in all its variations. From ancient runes to cutting edge science, the circle has been a symbol for everything from eternity to nothingness, enduring love to the cycles of life. Allen Bertsche from our Religious Services Team leads our celebration of all things spiral, spherical and circular.

February

January

Sacred Text — ​A Humanist ManifestoFeb. 21, 2016

ResistanceFeb. 7, 2016

American Sacred TextJan. 24, 2016

​UUCQC member Matthew Toland explains Humanism. The hallmark documents of Religious Humanism are three Humanist Manifesto's written over the course of 70 years from 1933 to 2003. UUCQC minister Rev. Jay Wolin explores the context and changes of the text and how they are connected to Unitarian Universalism.

When Rev. Jay Wolin thinks of the word resistance, he thinks of organizations standing up to oppressive systems such as the French Resistance in World War II or Black Lives Matter today. However, sometimes when we personally resist change we are considered stubborn. Rev. Wolin explores the tension around resistance and how it can be both healthy and unhealthy.

​This year will be the first caucus in Iowa that Rev. Jay Wolin will participate in. As we continue our series on Sacred Texts, he wanted to re-look at our country's sacred texts. What makes them sacred to us, and how do it words overlap with our understanding of religious meaning?